WDCB Favorites from 2023
There was an abundance of great new jazz in 2023 and we enjoyed sharing it with you every day on WDCB. Here is a list of a few of our staff favorites. It's by no means a comprehensive list of everything we loved, but these are some of our airstaff's favorites, that is, the discs we enjoyed so much that we found ourselves going back to them again and again!
Paul Abella – Music Director, DCB Jazz Mornings, M-F, Notes from the Jazz Underground
John Scofield - Uncle John’s Band
Lakecia Benjamin - Phoenix
Roy McGrath - Menjunje
Simon Moullier - Inception
Mike LeDonne, et al - Heavy Hitters
Caity Gyorgy - Featuring…
George Freeman - The Good Life
Leslie Keros – DCB Jazz Midday Host, M-F
Shirley Scott - Queen Talk: Live at the Left Bank
Clark Sommers - Feast Ephemera
Gilbert Castellanos - Esperame en el Cielo
Maddie Vogler - While We Have Time
Jeb Patton - Preludes
Bruce Oscar, DCB Jazz, afternoons, M-F
Eric Jacobsen - Discover
Jay Lawrence - Payin’ My Dues
Ed Cherry - Are We There Yet?
Bobby Lewis - No Expiration Date
Diva Jazz Orchestra - 30
Matthew Hermes – DCB Jazz Overnights, M-F
Joe Locke - Makram
Billy Childs - The Winds Of Change
Lakecia Benjamin - Phoenix
Kait Dunton - Keyboards
Juan Pastor & Chinchano - Cachito
Geof Bradfield Quintet - Quaver
George Freeman - The Good Life
Dona Mullen – DCB Jazz Early Mornings, M, W, F
Antonio Adolfo - Bossa 65: Celebrating Carlos Lyra and Roberto Menescal
Don Braden - Earth Wind and Wonder Volume 2
Buster Williams - Unalome
Tim Ray Trio - Fire & Rain
Brandon Sanders - Compton's Finest
Jay Greene – DCB Jazz Saturday Mornings
Steve Smith Vital Information - Time Flies
Buselli Wallarab Jazz Orchestra - Gennett Suite
Quartet San Francisco, Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band & Take Six - Raymond Scott Revisited
Terell Stafford - Between Two Worlds
Ted Piltzecker - Vibes On A Breath
Clark Sommers - Feast Ephemera
Dan Bindert – WDCB General Manager
Joe Alterman - Big Mo & Little Joe
Dan Wilson - Things Eternal
Chris Hazelton - After Dark
Christopher McBride - Ramon
Walter Bishop Jr - Bish at the Bank
